Author Name: Jennifer Cie
Series: Down On The Other Street Book: Two
Can be read as a standalone
Book Name: Down On The Other Street: Volume Two
Release Date: April 13, 2015
Blurb(s):
Scars dripping over broken skin and whispers silenced, there can be no point of return. Wrapped in the ripples of warm waters, staring down at unkempt mountains, Stefanie can feel the thrum of the old world’s song. The first conversation, stained into ceramic cups and shadows in the night, gave birth to the last confession. Before metal bars clanged shut or chanting grew quiet, there was the woman with the violet smile. Somewhere in the gaggle of exposed bodies, worn cassettes and children’s fairy tales, he is waiting for the red coat. Woven together through trials of sexuality, political dissonance, and self-discovery, this heady collection of six short stories examines who we become after finding love
Pages or Words: 152 pages, 29,122 words
Categories: Bisexual, Contemporary, Fiction, New Adult, Romance
Excerpt:
Sofia Aguilar changed that.
I literally fell into her at a restaurant in East Memphis. I was there with a friend who swore that little shack had the best hot wings in the city. I don’t recall if that was true. I just remember tasting her.
I tripped over a chair while coming out of the bathroom and landed in her lap, with my lips drilled into her shoulder. It was a sweet kind of salty, like brown sugar thrown on top of salted nuts. I tried apologizing. She grinned at me and rubbed my back.
The warmth returned.
Each glance at her grin-turned-smirk, dark brown eyes, or touch of her hand swirling electric heat into my skin brought on even stronger flushes than before. She knew it too. The way she cooed, “Amor? Está bien,” as if her lap was my rightful place, as if we were lovers, could only have been an effort to make me combust.
When I finally lifted myself off of her, hoping there were no signs of what I was feeling, she held my hand. She pulled me close, whispered that she was happy about my fall, and slipped a napkin with her number written on it into my hands.
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About the author:
Jennifer Cie is a Tennessee native who loves taking aimless road trips and diving into social issues through her writing. A fan of poorly playing tennis, using snail mail, and longing for the return of Brach’s Red Twist, when she is not indulging her guilty pleasure of taste testing whiskey and low grade tequila—for science, you can find her rambling about poor life decisions, book formatting, and everything in between on her blog: www.journeytopaperback.com
Q&A with Jennifer:
Q: What is for you the perfect book hero?
A: Honestly, for me, that hero is always going to be someone who has debatable perfections–you know? They have to be willing to make those sacrifices that require them to consider the world outside of themselves, be it actively listening and trying to help another character, or putting aside their own personal wants for the end goal. At the same time, this character does not by any means have to be the protagonist. In fact, if they meet those minimum qualifications, I am all about rooting for the villain–I mean who didn’t want Lady Macbeth to succeed? It’s all about how tangible their humaninity is for me. If I can see their point of view and say, “Yeah! I get that–right or wrong–I get that,” that’s the perfect hero–if only because their actions are so debatable.
Q: The days are 25 hours. How do you spent that extra hour?
A: I wish I could say, “At the gym,” or “Making my dreams come true,” but I would either be doing one of two things: 1) writing, or, 2) telling myself that I’m only going to read one more page of a book that caught my fancy, yet, pouring a glass of wine in preparation of a long night finishing it.
Q: What is the book you would bring with you on a desert island?
A: If this is going to be more than a two day type of desertion, definitely the thickest collection of Greek Myths and Fables I could find. However, if we’re talking a short break from humanity type of getaway, I think I’d take the opportunity to finally read either the Harry Potter series or the Hunger Games. I know. I know, it is all kinds of pop-culture shameful that I haven’t read these books, but I keep missing the desert island book party vacation tours.
Q: What book are you reading now?
A: Tenth of December by George Saunders
Q: Who is your favorite author and what is it that really strikes you about their work?
A: Favorite? Ooh, that’s a hard thing to choose. There are just too many amazing authors out there. Gah, how about this: two of my favorites are Maya Angelou and Julia Alvarez. The way they pull out emotion so effortlessly, and bring life to their words is magical. Everything I’ve ever read from them has made me feel more at home in myself, and apart of the world. Their writing is, to me, utterly brilliant in every way.
Where to find the author:
Twitter: @JenniferCie1
Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/jennifercie/
Blog: www.journeytopaperback.com
Goodreads Author Page: www.goodreads.com/author/show/5215342.Jennifer_Cie
Goodreads Link: www.goodreads.com/author/show/5215342.Jennifer_Cie
Publisher: Jennifer Cie
Cover Artist: Najla Qamber
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